Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO – Get Free Report) and Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST – Get Free Report) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Tigo Energy and Netlist, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tigo Energy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Netlist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Tigo Energy currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 203.58%. Netlist has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 161.61%. Given Tigo Energy’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tigo Energy is more favorable than Netlist.
Volatility & Risk
Profitability
This table compares Tigo Energy and Netlist’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tigo Energy | -110.29% | -103.85% | -46.23% |
| Netlist | -37.19% | -852.20% | -94.11% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
15.7% of Tigo Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Netlist shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Tigo Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Netlist shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Tigo Energy and Netlist”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tigo Energy | $145.23 million | 0.41 | -$980,000.00 | ($0.85) | -1.16 |
| Netlist | $69.21 million | 3.00 | -$60.40 million | ($0.22) | -3.48 |
Tigo Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Netlist. Netlist is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tigo Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tigo Energy beats Netlist on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tigo Energy
Tigo Energy, Inc. provides solar and energy storage solutions for the solar industry. It offers module level power electronics (MLPEs) to maximize the energy output of individual solar modules. The company also provides GO Energy Storage Systems that provide solar energy storage management capabilities; and Energy Intelligence (EI) platform, which provides monitoring and energy demand forecasting capabilities. In addition, it offers GO Battery that provides energy resilience in the event of a grid outage and optimizes energy consumption based on rate plans for home energy needs; GO Inverter, which offers energy conversion for home consumption or export to the grid; GO Link/Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), a component for battery backup of on-grid systems; and GO Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger to reduce transportation costs. The company serves residential, commercial, and utility sectors through distributors and solar installers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Tigo Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.
About Netlist
Netlist, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets memory subsystems for the server, high-performance computing, and communications markets in the United States and internationally. The company portfolio of proprietary technologies and design techniques, includes efficient planar design, alternative packaging techniques, and custom semiconductor logic, to deliver memory subsystems; and sells specialty memory modules and flash-based products for use in data center and industrial applications. It resells component products, including solid state drive (SSD), NAND flash, and dual inline memory module (DIMM) to storage customers, appliance customers, system builders, and cloud and datacenter customers; and sells component inventory to distributors and other users of memory integrated circuits. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force and a network of independent sales representatives. Netlist, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
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